Where developers can try it
LG AI Research opened hosted access to K-EXAONE 2.5 on November 9. The company describes the free release as a way to evaluate the model in real workloads. Its documentation identifies a chat completions endpoint that takes an API key, so a developer can try the model without setting up hardware to run it locally. CGH reviewed the documentation and did not make API calls.
A key is valid for 30 days under the platform terms. The service can limit calls and tokens, and LG documents response headers for checking the remaining allowance. Those details matter for an evaluation that runs on a schedule or repeats the same test set over several weeks.
Where the free access stops
The platform terms permit noncommercial use and bar integrations that let other people call the model through a product or service. The API terms also say that access does not include model weights. A team can use the hosted service for eligible evaluation, but should check the terms before planning any customer-facing deployment.
The terms require users to be at least 19, supply their country at signup, and comply with applicable sanctions and export rules. CGH did not verify a country-by-country availability list. The terms also describe how to opt out of future training use of inputs and outputs. That is worth checking before sending proprietary test data.